Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsChristoph Anacker
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2026
Maturation of hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex projections defines a pathway-specific sensitive period for cognitive flexibility
Cruz-Sanchez A, LaDouceur K, Abdusalom A, Chasiotis H, Gugustea R, Inayat M, Mumtaz U, Hasantash M, Anacker C, Arruda-Carvalho M. Maturation of hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex projections defines a pathway-specific sensitive period for cognitive flexibility. Cell Reports 2026, 45: 116812. PMID: 41533508, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116812.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Complementary roles of dorsal and ventral hippocampus in the flexible adaptation of goal-directed behavior
Hasantash M, Li Y, Torres-Herraez A, Kellendonk C, Anacker C. Complementary roles of dorsal and ventral hippocampus in the flexible adaptation of goal-directed behavior. Science Advances 2025, 11: eadx7514. PMID: 41313759, PMCID: PMC12662218, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adx7514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHippocampal SGK1 promotes vulnerability to depression: the role of early life adversity, stress, and genetic risk
Millette A, van Dijk M, Pokhvisneva I, Li Y, Thompson R, Patel S, Bagot R, Naray-Fejes-Toth A, Fejes-Toth G, Silveira P, Turecki G, Lopez J, Anacker C. Hippocampal SGK1 promotes vulnerability to depression: the role of early life adversity, stress, and genetic risk. Molecular Psychiatry 2025, 30: 6079-6089. PMID: 41034507, PMCID: PMC12602343, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03269-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnderstanding, predicting, and treating depression in pregnancy to improve mothers' and offspring's mental health outcomes: The HappyMums study
Biaggi A, Zonca V, Anacker C, Begni V, Benedetti F, Bramante A, Braniecka A, Brenna V, Bulgheroni M, Buss C, Cavaliere L, Cecil C, Couch A, de Barra D, Marroun H, Entringer S, Grassi-Oliveira R, Jackowska M, Korosi A, Kwant P, Lahti J, Lekadir K, Mansuy I, Manuella F, Marizzoni M, Meyer U, Monk C, Radoš S, Pariante C, Pollux B, Priestley K, Räikkönen K, Richetto J, Riva M, Rothmann L, Simonetti V, Vai B, Vernon A, Žutić M, Cattaneo A, Consortium H. Understanding, predicting, and treating depression in pregnancy to improve mothers' and offspring's mental health outcomes: The HappyMums study. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health 2025, 44: 100961. PMID: 40046176, PMCID: PMC11880600, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.100961.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Sex-specific and developmental effects of early life adversity on stress reactivity are rescued by postnatal knockdown of 5-HT1A autoreceptors
Dixon R, Malave L, Thompson R, Wu S, Li Y, Sadik N, Anacker C. Sex-specific and developmental effects of early life adversity on stress reactivity are rescued by postnatal knockdown of 5-HT1A autoreceptors. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 50: 507-518. PMID: 39396089, PMCID: PMC11736140, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01999-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTAAR1 agonists improve glycemic control, reduce body weight and modulate neurocircuits governing energy balance and feeding
Dedic N, Wang L, Hajos-Korcsok E, Hecksher-Sørensen J, Roostalu U, Vickers S, Wu S, Anacker C, Synan C, Jones P, Milanovic S, Hopkins S, Bristow L, Koblan K. TAAR1 agonists improve glycemic control, reduce body weight and modulate neurocircuits governing energy balance and feeding. Molecular Metabolism 2024, 80: 101883. PMID: 38237896, PMCID: PMC10839149, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2024.101883.Peer-Reviewed Original Research